Seminar: Introduction to Art History
PRP10
2011-2012



There are DAILY assignments for this class! Also, there are daily attendance and participation points. If you are present, cooperative, and participate appropriately in class discussion, you will be awarded FULL points for the day. If you are present, but do not participate or are uncooperative, you will only receive the minimum points for the day.
Day 1 W 4/11

LT:Construct a brief timeline of prehistoric art forms.
CCSS:Spk&Lst #1
Strategy:Marzano #2
Activity:
  • Review course objectives
  • Identify major world art developments from pre-historic eras
  • "Cave" paintings
Day 2 Th 4/12

LT:Review and continue timelines
Classical Civilizations
CCSS:Spk&Lst #1
Strategy:Marzano #2
Activity:
  • Continue timelines
  • Discuss Greek/Roman Art
  • Continue mosaic art projects
Day 3 F 4/13

LT:Review Ancient Egypt architecture and artifacts
CSS:Spk&Lst #1
Strategy:Marzano #2
Activity:
  • Ancient Egyptian Worksheets
  • Roman Empire worksheets
Day 4 M 4/16

LT:Discuss the Classical Era
CCSS:RIT #1
Strategy:Marzano #1
Activity:
  • View video on "Greece: The Golden Age"
  • Begin video on "The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization"
  • Begin Research Projects
ay 5 T 4/17

LT:Review transition from the Classical age to the Middle Ages to Renaissance
CCSS:RIT #1
Strategy:Marzano #1
Activity:
  • Discuss major artists and their contributions (Giotto, Botticelli & da Vinci)
Day 6 W 4/18

LT:Discuss major Renaissance artists
CCSS:RIT#1, S&L#1
Strategy:Marzano #2
Activity:
  • Michelangelo and Rafael
  • Presentations on art styles
Day 7 Th 4/19

LT:Discuss Northern European and Spanish artists
CCSS:RIT #1
Strategy:Marzano #8
Activity:
  • Jan van Eyck, Peter Paul Rubens & Rembrandt
  • El Greco
Day 8 F 4/20

LT:Review French Renaissance artists
CCSS:RIT#1
Strategy:Marzano#4
Activity:
  • Gericault, Delacroix & Bonheur
Day 9 M 4/23

LT:Continue reviewing French artists into Impressionism
CCSS:RIT#1
Strategy:Marzano #4
Activity:
  • Courbet
  • Begin Watercolors
Day 10 T 4/24

LT:Discuss other European artists in the Impressionist era
CCSS:RIT#2
Strategy:Marzano #8
Activity:
  • Manet, Monet, Cezanne & VanGogh
Day 11 W 4/25

LT:Compare collective art styles with individual styles
CCSS:RIT#2
Strategy:Marzano#1
Activity:
  • Matisse, Picasso
Day 12 Th 4/26

LT:Discuss 20th Century American Artists
CCSS:RIT#2
Strategy:Marzano #8
Activity:
  • Homer and Eakins
Day 13 F 4/27

LT:Discuss Modern American Artists
CCSS:RIT#2
Strategy:Marzano#8
Activity:
  • Bellows, Hopper, Andrew Wyeth, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder
Day 14 M 4/30

LT:Review Course objectives
CCSS:RIT#2
Strategy:Marzano #4
Activity:
  • Post-Test
  • Student Opinion Surveys